thi giữa kì 1

Trêng thpt nguyÔn du ®Ò kiÓm tra chÊt lîng gi÷a häc kú i
=====d&c===== n¨m häc 2007-2008
M«n: Ngo¹i ng÷ 11
Thêi gian: 45 phót
M· ®Ò 564
I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
1. A. patter B. marathon C. maximumD. annual
2. A. ethnic B. smoothly C. thankful D. marathon
3. A. lovely B. young C. yellow D. year
4. A. stimulate B. issue C. maximumD. minority
5. A. dreamed B. phoned C. prevented D. achieved
II. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence by circling A, B, C or D
6. Some high school students take part ____ disadvantaged or handicapped
children.
A. for helping B. in help C. for help D. in helping
7. A ____ is a person appointed on behalf of another person or a group.
A. monitor B. representative C. president D. member
8. ____ people are people who cannot read and write.
A. Illiterate B. Literacy C. Illiteracy D. Literate
9. I have no ____ to ____ for them.
A. object/wait B. idea/waiting C. objection/waiting D.
complaint/wait
10. She is not ____ to get married. She is only 16.
A. enough old B. young enough C. enough young D. old enough
11. If they catch you ____ in public places in their country, they will punish
you.
A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoking D. being smoked
12. ____ all his money, he decided to go home and ask his father for a job.
A. Spent B. Spending C. Have spent D. Having spent
13. Many students have difficulty ____ English.
A. of learning B. at learning C. in learning D. on learning

14. My brother advised me ____ too much beer.
A. to drink B. not drink C. not to drink D. drinking
15. Eric ____ to join the football team by his teacher.
A. encouraged B. be encouraged C. was encouraged D. encourages
16. She asked her sister ____ her some money.
A. to lend to B. lend C. to lend D. lending
17. His mother warned him ____ games o computer all day.
A. in playing B. on playing C. at playing D. against playing
18. You’d better avoid ____ to the places where other people smoke.
A. to go B. going C. went D. to be gone
19. The teacher accused the boy ____ not paying attention to what he had said.
A. at B. on C. of D. in
20. Would you mind ____ me how ____ this machine?
A. teach/to use B. teaching/to use C. teaching/use D. teaching/using
21. How many hours do you spend ____ English everyday?
A. to learnB. learn C. learning D. being learnt
22. He ____ breaking her house’s window.
A. denied B. denied of C. denied on D. denied in
23. The bad weather ____ going out yesterday.
A. prevents us from B. prevented us on
C. prevented us of D. prevented us from
III. Choose one mistake in each sentence by circling A, B, C or D
24. Do you able to work independently as well as in a group?
ABCD
25. He fell off the bike, broke three teeth.
ABCD
26. They thanked me to help them overcome difficulties.
ABCD
27. The thief admitted him having stolen Mr. Brown’s car.
ABCD

28. I remember to put that book on this table but I cannot find it now.
ABCD
IV. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same
meaning as the given one
29. He said, “I’m sorry I didn’t reply to the letter.”
A. He apologized for not to reply to the letter.
B. He apologized for not to replying to the letter.
C. He apologized for didn’t reply to the letter.
D. He apologized for not replying to the letter.
30. John said, “You’d better not lend them any money, Mary.”
A. John said Mary not to lend them any money.
B. John said to Mary not lend them any money.
C. John advised Mary should not lend them any money.
D. John advised Mary not to lend them any money.
31. “Let’s go out tonight”, said Mai.
A. Mai insisted on going out that night.
B. Mai wanted to go out that night.
C. Mai suggested going out that night.
D. Mai dreamed of going out that night.
32. “It’s you who stole my money,” she said to the housekeeper.
A. She stopped the housekeeper from stealing her money.
B. She insisted on the housekeeper stealing her money.
C. She accused the housekeeper of having stolen her money.
D. She warned the housekeeper against stealing her money.
33. “I didn’t make your shirt dirty,” Tom said to Jack.
A. Jack admitted making Jack’s shirt dirty.
B. Jack denied making Tom’s shirt dirty.
C. Tom accused Jack of making his shirt dirty.
D. Tom denied making Jack’s shirt dirty.